How To Use SO & SUCH | Add Emphasis in English!

Hello and welcome to another lesson here

at mmmEnglish! I'm Emma, your English

Confidence Coach and today I'm going to

be talking about two small but very

important and very common English words:

Now, these two words can be

used in a few different ways in English

sentences but in this lesson we're going

to focus on how they can add emphasis to

your sentences. So, how we can make the

meaning stronger.

... You should really get out there! Often these

words have a meaning that is similar to

words like 'very' and 'really' in English

sentences. So, they help you to to make

the meaning of your sentence stronger.

So, how do you use these words effectively

in English sentences? The word 'so' is

used with an adjective or an adverb.

The word 'such' can be used

with a noun or a noun phrase, for example:

So, we're using 'such' with the noun. But, be

careful because a noun phrase can

actually include adjectives and adverbs

in it, so you need to look carefully for

the noun. If you simply look at the word

that is following 'so' or 'such' you might

make a mistake so be careful! I went to a

wedding last weekend and the bride wore

such a beautiful dress. The dress was so

beautiful now i'm going to give you some

examples to practice with. The next

sentence that i read out i'm going to

use the word 'so' and i want you to think

about how you can change that word

slightly, (change) the sentence slightly, so that

you can use the word such instead. Ready?

He's so generous. He's so generous. How

can you change it to use 'such'? You need a noun!

He's such a generous man, or guy! He's

such a generous guy. Another one! New

York is such a big city. Got to swap it

back now! New York is such a big city. How

can you say that sentence using 'so'? You

need to change it. New York is so big.

Another one! That's so unlucky. That's so

unlucky. What's the noun? That's such bad luck!

'Luck' is our noun. That's such bad luck!

Because I love you and because I want

you to practice what you've learned here

today, I've made a worksheet for you to

download and practice with. You can get

it from this link, up here. I want you to

actually use what you've been practicing

today. But don't go get it yet! There is

one more thing that I want to explain to

you about 'so'. Now the word 'so' but not

'such' can be used in front of these words

Now, all of these words are quantifiers and

they're used with nouns in English

sentences. So, they help to tell us how

much of a noun there is, the amount or

the quantity of that noun. But I've just

taught you that you need to use 'such'

with nouns. So, this is a bit of an

exception that you need to keep in mind.

For example, there are so many people here today!

You've had so much to drink!

It's incredible but there's been so

little damage after the storm!

I'm surprised that so few children turned up today!

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